New York Yankees followers made their frustration with Trent Grisham identified Thursday, however he did not get the identical response from his supervisor — a minimum of not publicly.
With their sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Reds already a blowout and the Bombers trailing 8-4 within the ninth inning, Reds batter Jeimer Candelario hit a ball to middle subject.
Yankees outfielder Trent Grisham, a two-time Gold Glove Award winner in middle, took his time to corral the ball after which fumbled it as he tried to set himself to throw it again to the infield. Candalerio made a heads-up transfer and superior to second.
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The boos rained down from Yankees followers, whose crew has misplaced 14 of its final 19 video games.
Aaron Boone admitted the error “[looked] unhealthy within the second, particularly going by what we’re going by as a crew proper now.”
However, he chalked it as much as how Grisham performs the place.
“It’s additionally the way in which Trent Grisham, a Gold Glover, performs middle subject, like that relaxed, simple nature,” Boone mentioned after the sport. “Do I would like him to sq. as much as it and sort out it such as you and I’d in a facet sport? Not actually. I would like him to catch the ball and get it in and hold that man off second base.
“But he has a observe document of excellent play on the market, and that is sort of the way in which he does — sort of a gradual heartbeat, motor and that if you’re by it does not look nice. I perceive that.”
Trent Grisham of the New York Yankees commits an error in opposition to the Cincinnati Reds through the ninth inning at Yankee Stadium July 4, 2024, within the Bronx borough of New York City. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)
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Boone mentioned Friday that he had spoken with Grisham however reiterated his stance.
“It’s a foul look,” Boone mentioned Friday, “however, on the similar time, one of many causes he’s a Gold Glove middle fielder is due to his heartbeat, the reads, the jumps, the benefit with which he performs the place. So, you don’t need to lose that in there. But with that, simply be aware of sure routine issues.
“If Grish makes a mistake within the subject or if Gleyber (Torres) makes a mistake within the subject, the way in which they play the sport, it’s not going to have a very good look to it,” Boone added. “It’s not going to appear like you and me taking part in softball, the place we’re going to take it off the chest and off the chin, however we suck.
“Believe me, that lackadaisical look generally is what makes Trent Grisham a Gold Glove middle fielder. He performs the sport with an ease and a move. Now, catch the ball. We don’t need that man on second. And it will get magnified a little bit bit once we’re going by a spell like this.”
The New York Yankees’ Trent Grisham tosses his bat after hitting a house run in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers through the sixth inning June 9, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah Ok. Murray)
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Boone just lately benched Gleyber Torres for a scarcity of hustle regardless of initially defending him as a result of he had been coping with a sore groin. But Grisham is within the beginning lineup Friday. Although, with the crew’s accidents, there is not a lot of a alternative.
Grisham is hitting simply .165 this season.
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